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Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) show a dramatic form of socially induced phenotypic plasticity known as phase polyphenism. In the absence of conspecifics, locusts occur in a shy and cryptic solitarious phase. Crowding with conspecifics drives a behavioural transformation towards gregariousnes...

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Autores principales: Mallon, Eamonn B., Amarasinghe, Harindra E., Ott, Swidbert R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35608